1935 Cleveland Indians season

The 1935 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place, 12 games behind league champion Detroit.

1935 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersBilly Evans, Cy Slapnicka
ManagersWalter Johnson, Steve O'Neill
RadioWHK
(Jack Graney)
← 1934 Seasons 1936 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 93 58 0.616 53–25 40–33
New York Yankees 89 60 0.597 3 41–33 48–27
Cleveland Indians 82 71 0.536 12 48–29 34–42
Boston Red Sox 78 75 0.510 16 41–37 37–38
Chicago White Sox 74 78 0.487 19½ 42–34 32–44
Washington Senators 67 86 0.438 27 37–39 30–47
St. Louis Browns 65 87 0.428 28½ 31–44 34–43
Philadelphia Athletics 58 91 0.389 34 30–42 28–49

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 13–9 9–13–1 9–13 9–12 16–6 10–12 12–10
Chicago 9–13 10–12 11–11 9–11 12–10 11–11–1 12–10
Cleveland 13–9–1 12–10 7–15–1 8–14 12–10 15–6–1 15–7
Detroit 13–9 11–11 15–7–1 11–11 14–5 17–5 12–10
New York 12–9 11–9 14–8 11–11 14–6 12–10 15–7
Philadelphia 6–16 10–12 10–12 5–14 6–14 11–11 10–12
St. Louis 12–10 11–11–1 6–15–1 5–17 10–12 11–11 10–11–1
Washington 10–12 10–12 7–15 10–12 7–15 12–10 11–10–1


Notable transactions edit

  • August 12, 1935: Shanty Hogan was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[1]

Roster edit

1935 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Eddie Phillips 70 220 60 .273 1 41
1B Hal Trosky 154 632 171 .271 26 113
2B Boze Berger 124 461 119 .258 5 43
SS Bill Knickerbocker 132 540 161 .298 0 55
3B Odell Hale 150 589 179 .304 16 101
OF Joe Vosmik 152 620 216 .348 10 110
OF Bruce Campbell 80 308 100 .325 7 54
OF Earl Averill 140 563 162 .288 19 79

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roy Hughes 82 266 78 .293 0 14
Milt Galatzer 93 259 78 .301 0 19
Ab Wright 67 160 38 .238 2 18
Frankie Pytlak 55 149 44 .295 1 12
Bill Brenzel 52 142 31 .218 0 14
Ralph Winegarner 65 84 26 .310 3 17
Glenn Myatt 10 36 3 .083 0 2
Kit Carson 16 22 5 .227 0 1
Bob Garbark 6 18 6 .333 0 4
Willie Kamm 6 18 6 .333 0 1
Greek George 2 0 0 .--- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mel Harder 42 287.1 22 11 3.29 95
Willie Hudlin 36 231.2 15 11 3.69 45
Monte Pearson 30 181.2 8 13 4.90 90
Thornton Lee 32 180.2 7 10 4.04 81
Odell Hildebrand 34 171.1 9 8 3.94 49

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Denny Galehouse 5 13.0 1 0 9.00 8
Belve Bean 1 1.0 0 0 9.00 0

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lloyd Brown 42 8 7 4 3.61 45
Lefty Stewart 24 6 6 2 5.44 24
Ralph Winegarner 25 2 2 0 5.75 41
Clint Brown 23 4 3 2 5.14 20

Awards and honors edit

All Star Game

Earl Averill, Outfielder (replaced due to injury)

Mel Harder, Pitcher

Joe Vosmik, Outfielder (Starter)

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
A New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert
C Zanesville Grays Middle Atlantic League Earl Wolgamot
D Opelousas Indians Evangeline League Jay Kirke and Milt Delmas
D Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Hal Irelan
D Butler Indians Pennsylvania State Association Leo Mackey

[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Shanty Hogan at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links edit